I'm busy doing my birding homework before my trip to Addo early next month and was looking for some advice on some of the specials that can be found there!
I've seen quite a few of the birds listed but was wondering if any of the following are 'easy' to find (or rather commonly present!!) - I need them for my SA list eg. Stanley's Bustard, Black Widow-finch,Blue-billed fire-finch, Streaky-headed canary, White-throated canary, Black korhaan, Cape penduline tit and red-necked spurfowl.
There are obviously a host of other great birds there as well but I always tend to 'study-up' on the ones I haven't found before.
Are there any good spots within the park? I noticed lam mentioned a small dam along the new patch of road recently opened with lots of finches - any other advice gladly received. Thanks

Thanks lam - very helpful reply. I'll hopefully tick a few. The spurfowl always seems to avoid me .
I've seen Booted Eagle once along the Orange River (Namibia border). Another sighting would be great however.

That's absolutely brilliant. Thanks! The list on the Addo website is good but I struggled to get an idea of what to expect.
You've got 10 species on there I've never seen, so hopefully a few of them will show themselves. I've got a full 5 nights in the park so will have more than enough time to look about.
Thanks again

Which ten are you looking for ? A lot of Addo birds have specific favourite areas so we could point you in the right direction and some of them might be easier to pick in areas outisde Addo (as lam said, you are more likely to see Red-necked Spurfowl in our back garden). I know she has given you info on 5 of them but what are the other 5 ?

I'm just back from my trip to Addo and had a great time. The birding was really good and I managed a list of 75 over the 4 days incl. 8 'lifers' (Rednecked Francolin, Denham's Bustard, Southern Black Korhaan, Willow Warbler, African Pipit, Dusky Indigobird, Streakyheaded seedeater and Whitethroated canary). I've never seen so many Bokmakieries in my life and also got a lovely view of a Black Harrier.
Thanks j-ms and lam for the tips - the birds were very obliging and some popped up in exactly the same spots.